Presidential Debate

An estimated 71.6 million people watched the final debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump on TV on Wednesday based on 12 channels that aired the debate, which was 12.8 million below the record 84.4 million for the first debate on Monday, Sept. 26 but still the most-watched historically for any third debate. The 71.6 […]

[socialpoll id=”2395225″] What follows are the metered market (overnight) results in households by network and by half-hour for Wednesday, October 19: Household Rating/Share CBS: 5.7/ 9, ABC: 5.6/ 8, NBC: 5.5/ 8, Fox: 45.5/ 7, CW: 1.1/ 2 Note: Comparisons to the year-ago evening and the listing of winners and losers are excluded due to […]

On an irregular Sunday night due to the second Presidential Debate, NBC still led the night in final nationals (which excludes debate figures) with “Sunday Night Football”, featuring the New York Giants and the Green Bay Packers. With the debate airing on various networks directly opposite the game, SNF sunk to its least-watched edition since […]

Opposite Debate, ‘Monday Night Football’ Sinks to Record Low On the truncated Monday prime time (due to the debate), NBC was the Monday victor among total viewers (11.99 million), adults 18-49 (3.4 rating/10 share) and adults 25-54 (4.2/11). Across 12 networks, 83.8 million viewers tuned in to Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump in their first […]